Lafayette La Festivals 2024. With some 400 different festivals each year, it’s easy to see why louisiana is often called the festival capital of america. Zydeco extravaganza was started in may of 1987, by the cravins family, as a way to revive the creole culture in st.

The festival is a fixture of lafayette’s cultural scene, which today reveres the local french music tradition. No fest is complete without the eats.